Amazon VPN · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for AWS VPN API (Amazon EC2 Query API subset)

6 actions 6 updates update extends openapi/amazon-vpn-aws-vpn-api-amazon-ec2-query-api-subset-api-openapi.yml
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Amazon VPN publishes. Amazon VPN did not publish this file.
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What the actions change

x-error-codesx-apievangelist-enrichedx-apievangelist-artifactsx-protocol-stylex-response-content-typex-error-formatx-rfc9457x-domain-standards

Targets 5

$.info
$.paths['/'].post
$.paths['/'].post.parameters[?(@.name=='Action')]
$.paths['/'].post.responses['400']
$.paths['/'].post.responses['500']

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for AWS VPN API (Amazon EC2 Query API subset)
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/amazon-vpn-aws-vpn-api-amazon-ec2-query-api-subset-api-openapi.yml
x-generated: '2026-09-01'
x-method: generated
x-source: >-
  Derived from the artifacts harvested in this repo on 2026-09-01 — conventions/,
  errors/, rate-limits/, lifecycle/, plans/, data-model/, mcp/ and skills/. Applies our
  enhancements without mutating the harvested spec.
actions:
  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-apievangelist-enriched: '2026-09-01'
      x-apievangelist-artifacts:
        conventions: conventions/amazon-vpn-conventions.yml
        errors: errors/amazon-vpn-problem-types.yml
        rate_limits: rate-limits/amazon-vpn-rate-limits.yml
        lifecycle: lifecycle/amazon-vpn-lifecycle.yml
        plans: plans/amazon-vpn-plans-pricing.yml
        data_model: data-model/amazon-vpn-data-model.yml
        skills: skills/_index.yml
        mcp: mcp/amazon-vpn-mcp.yml
        events: asyncapi/amazon-vpn-events.yml
      x-protocol-style: aws-query
      x-response-content-type: text/xml
      x-error-format: aws-query-xml
      x-rfc9457: false
  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-domain-standards:
        - ietf-ipsec
        - ietf-ike
        - ietf-bgp4
        - nat-traversal
        - openvpn
        - x509-mutual-tls
      x-domain-standards-evidence: conformance/amazon-vpn-conformance.yml
  - target: $.paths['/'].post
    update:
      x-idempotency:
        idempotent_by_default: [CreateVpnConnection]
        client_token_parameter: ClientToken
        client_token_actions:
          - AssociateClientVpnTargetNetwork
          - AuthorizeClientVpnIngress
          - CreateClientVpnEndpoint
          - CreateClientVpnRoute
        mismatch_error: IdempotentParameterMismatch
        retention_window: null
        docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/devguide/ec2-api-idempotency.html
      x-dry-run:
        parameter: DryRun
        success_error: DryRunOperation
        failure_error: UnauthorizedOperation
        scope: permissions-only
      x-rate-limit:
        algorithm: token-bucket
        scope: per-account-per-region-per-action
        headers: none
        error_code: RequestLimitExceeded
        non_mutating: {burst: 100, refill_per_second: 20}
        mutating: {burst: 50, refill_per_second: 5}
        tight_buckets:
          AuthorizeClientVpnIngress: {burst: 5, refill_per_second: 2}
          RevokeClientVpnIngress: {burst: 5, refill_per_second: 2}
          CreateClientVpnRoute: {burst: 5, refill_per_second: 2}
          DeleteClientVpnRoute: {burst: 5, refill_per_second: 2}
      x-pagination:
        site_to_site_describes: none
        client_vpn_describes: {style: cursor, params: [MaxResults, NextToken]}
        filtering: Filter.N
      x-request-id: Response.RequestID
  - target: $.paths['/'].post.parameters[?(@.name=='Action')]
    update:
      x-action-groups:
        site-to-site-vpn-connections:
          - CreateVpnConnection
          - DescribeVpnConnections
          - DeleteVpnConnection
          - ModifyVpnConnection
          - ModifyVpnConnectionOptions
        vpn-tunnels:
          - ModifyVpnTunnelCertificate
          - ModifyVpnTunnelOptions
        static-routes:
          - CreateVpnConnectionRoute
          - DeleteVpnConnectionRoute
          - EnableVgwRoutePropagation
          - DisableVgwRoutePropagation
        customer-gateways:
          - CreateCustomerGateway
          - DescribeCustomerGateways
          - DeleteCustomerGateway
        virtual-private-gateways:
          - CreateVpnGateway
          - DescribeVpnGateways
          - DeleteVpnGateway
          - AttachVpnGateway
          - DetachVpnGateway
        client-vpn-endpoints:
          - CreateClientVpnEndpoint
          - DescribeClientVpnEndpoints
          - DeleteClientVpnEndpoint
          - ModifyClientVpnEndpoint
          - AssociateClientVpnTargetNetwork
          - DisassociateClientVpnTargetNetwork
        client-vpn-authorization:
          - AuthorizeClientVpnIngress
          - RevokeClientVpnIngress
          - CreateClientVpnRoute
          - DeleteClientVpnRoute
          - ImportClientVpnClientCertificateRevocationList
          - ExportClientVpnClientCertificateRevocationList
        client-vpn-sessions:
          - DescribeClientVpnConnections
          - TerminateClientVpnConnections
      x-missing-from-spec:
        - GetVpnConnectionDeviceTypes
        - GetVpnConnectionDeviceSampleConfiguration
      x-missing-note: >-
        Two VPN actions added 2021-09-21 with the updated Download Configuration utility
        are absent from the harvested Action enum. Recorded here rather than injected into
        the spec — the overlay states the gap, it does not paper over it.
  - target: $.paths['/'].post.responses['400']
    update:
      x-error-codes:
        - InvalidAction
        - IncompleteSignature
        - InvalidParameterValue
        - InvalidParameterCombination
        - MissingAction
        - MissingParameter
        - ValidationError
        - RequestExpired
        - ThrottlingException
      x-error-catalog: errors/amazon-vpn-problem-types.yml
  - target: $.paths['/'].post.responses['500']
    update:
      x-error-codes:
        - InternalFailure
      x-retryable: true
      x-retry-strategy: exponential-backoff-with-jitter

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